The Indiana Gazette, June 3, 2016

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CONGRATS, GRADS! Blairsville, Indiana Area, Saltsburg, United. Page 5

FRIDAY JUNE 3, 2016

20 pages — 2 sections Vol. 112 — No. 281

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‘We can’t be isolationists,’ Obama tells cadets By JOSH LEDERMAN

“We can’t be isolationists. It’s not possible in this globalized, interconnected world,” Obama said. “In these uncertain times, it’s tempting sometimes to try to pull back and wash our hands from conflicts that seem intractable, let other countries fend of themselves.” Calling isolationism a “false comfort,” he added that history had shown how “oceans alone cannot protect us.” For Obama, the speech was part of a tradition of addressing one of the military’s four service academies at graduation. His outdoor address ended with a dramatic Thunderbird flyover as cadets tossed their caps — a moment later marred by news that one of the jets had crashed shortly after completing the maneuver. Obama was at the stadium at the time of the crash. Continued on Page 10

Associated Press

RYAN JONES/The (Colorado Springs) Gazette

GRADUATING CADETS celebrated with the traditional “hat toss” Thursday at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. A Thunderbirds jet crashed after a flyover following commencement ceremonies attended by President Barack Obama. The pilot was able to safely eject from the jet.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — President Barack Obama implored the next generation of U.S. military leaders Thursday not to give in to isolationism or pull back from U.S. leadership in the world, drawing a contrast with a foreign policy vision laid out by Donald Trump. Obama used his final commencement address as president to reassure the military that it remains the world’s dominant fighting force, implicitly pushing back against critiques that its might has ebbed under his watch. Under searing sun and sweeping blue skies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, he told graduates they’d be called upon to strike a complicated balance between realism and idealism, withdrawal and overreach.

5 soldiers die in training accident By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press

FORT HOOD, Texas — Army teams and emergency crews searched early today for four Fort Hood soldiers missing after a truck overturned in a fast-flowing flooded creek during a training exercise at the sprawling Army base in central Texas.

At least five soldiers died and three more were injured when the 2½-ton truck overturned in Owl Creek Thursday morning. Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug said teams found the bodies of two soldiers who had been in the vehicle late Thursday night. Three others were found dead shortly after the vehicle overturned. Three sol-

ONLINE • Watch an AP video on the flooding on The Indiana Gazette Online. diers were rescued and hospitalized in stable condition. Haug said the search for four missing servicemen was continuing today.

Wolf requests $34M for heroin treatment By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Wolf’s $34 million budget request to address Pennsylvania’s opioid abuse crisis is “a start” as the state begins to understand the scope and need of a statewide epidemic, he told reporters Thursday. Speaking briefly to reporters at the Center for Substance Abuse Research at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Wolf acknowledged that “we in Harrisburg are just waking up to the problem.”

Aerial and ground crews were searching the 20-mile creek that winds through heavily wooded terrain on the northern fringe of the base. Army aircraft, canine search teams, swift-water rescue watercraft and heavy trucks were being used. The Army has not yet released the names of the dead. Parts of Texas have been

inundated with rain in the last week, and more than half of the state is under flood watches or warnings, including the counties near Fort Hood. At least six people died in floods last week in central and southeastern Texas. Fort Hood spokesman John Miller said the crossing was flooded by two days of intermittent heavy rains

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

ODs, drinking, suicides reduce whites’ life span By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

PAGE 7 • Prince died of an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful painkiller, an autopsy shows.

NEW YORK — Rising drug and alcohol overdoses, suicides and disease from chronic alcoholism — labeled “deaths of despair” by one expert — are cutting the lives of white Americans short by nearly a half a year on average. Increases in these types of deaths among whites means that life expectancy for whites is not increasing as fast as it is for other groups, according to a government report that offers an unusual look at how different threats are affecting U.S. life spans. “Things are moving in the wrong direction,” said Anne Case, a Princeton University researcher, of what she calls “deaths of despair.” Drawing from death certificate data, the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Continued on Page 10

TOM PEEL/Gazette

TOM WINGARD, who owns T’s Window Cleaning in Elderton, worked Thursday to achieve a spotless reflection on the windows of the Sam Jack building along South Ninth Street in Indiana. He cleans the windows there twice a year.

Index Classifieds ...............17-19 Comics/TV....................16 Dear Abby .......................9

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Entertainment ..............20 Family .............................8 Lottery.............................2 Sports.......................11-15 Today in History.............9 Viewpoint .......................6

RBG Entertainment Mark And Dave Tonight. Tomorrow Comic Attack Blues Band. Both At 8 p.m. Strawberries, Strawberries, Strawberries! Picked Fresh Daily. Yarnick’s Farm (724) 349-3904 Bruno’s Weekend Specials: Prime Rib, Cod Romano, Kevin’s Pizza

Just 38K jobs added in May

POINT OF VIEW

“The question is, why do we have this crisis of opioid addiction?” Wolf said. “And second, what are we going to do about it?” If approved by the state Legislature, Wolf said his request — along with approximately $16 million in Medicaid funding — would help fund the creation of 50 outpatient treatment centers across the state that could serve up to 11,000 people a year. But he called the funding “a down payment” that only begins to address the scope of heroin addiction. “This is something we really need Continued on Page 10

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers drastically slowed their hiring in May, adding just 38,000 jobs, the fewest in more than five years and a sign of concern after the economy barely grew in the first three months of the year. At the same time, the unemployment rate tumbled to 4.7 percent from 5 percent, the Labor Department said today in its monthly unemployment report. The rate, to its lowest point since November 2007, fell for a problematic reason: Nearly a half-million jobless Americans stopped looking for work and so were no longer officially counted as unemployed. The much-weaker-than-expected jobs report will raise doubts that the Federal Reserve will increase the short-term interest rate it controls at its next meeting in mid-June or perhaps even at its subsequent meeting in late July. Many analysts had expected an increase by July. The government has estimated that the economy grew at just a 0.8 percent annual rate in the JanuaryMarch quarter. Today’s jobs report was a surprise in part because most recent economic reports have been encouraging: Consumer spending surged in April. Americans ramped up purchases of autos and other big-ticket items, like appliances. Home sales and construction have also increased. Sales of new homes Continued on Page 10

Deaths 67 79 Partly cloudy tonight. Expect a shower Saturday. Page 2

when the floodwaters swept the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle from the road. The vehicle resembles a flatbed truck with a walled bed and is used to carry troops. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement saying the state “stands ready to provide any assistance to Fort Hood as they deal with this tragedy.” Continued on Page 10

Obituaries on Page 4 BASH, Stephanie M., 63, Shelocta CRAMER, Rodney L., 60, Penn Run HARTZELL, Crystal D., 61, Sagamore JONES, Harry D., 93, Indiana

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McGRAW, Reafa, 93, Latrobe MIHOERCK, George J., 65, Indiana POWERS, Freda B., 85, Rural Valley, formerly of Dayton SIMON, Marion R., 78, Charles

ON THE ATTACK Hillary Clinton assailed Republican Donald Trump on Thursday as a potential president who would lead America toward war and economic crisis. Page 7

Home Made Restaurant: Saturday, Pot Roast. Sunday, Stuffed Pork Chop.

Faught’s Garden Center 50 Airport Road. Still Great Selection Of Plants.

Senior Crime Prevention Seminar Wedsnesday, June 8, At 1:00 p.m. At St. Andrew’s Village. Call (724) 464-1640 To Register

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Open House Sunday, June 5, 1-3 p.m. 1127 Water Street Indiana Joy Realty (724) 349-6900 www.joyrealty.com

You Pick Strawberries.Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 8:30 - 4:30. Yarnick’s Farm (724) 349-3904


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